Remember All Those "Pro-Democracy" Protests Last Year? Here's What They Were Really About...http://www.businessinsider.com/food-prices-and-social-unrest-chart-2012-11/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Fri, 09 Dec 2016 11:23:04 -0500Henry Blodgethttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b3a2f8eab8ea2d7c000001Regurgitating ParrotMon, 26 Nov 2012 12:12:24 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b3a2f8eab8ea2d7c000001
Wasn't QE a cause for commodity speculation, bumping food prices world-wide @ this time frame?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b2bc4f69bedd7c20000010not about foodSun, 25 Nov 2012 19:48:15 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b2bc4f69bedd7c20000010
Those of you believing this was primarily about food costs should look up an organization called OTPOR.
Then look at affiliations of Freedom House and Endowment for Democracy that fund OTPOR.
NGOs were setup specifically to distance themselves from government while funding overthrow of foreign governments, the arab springs were completely staged events.
Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia which have theocratic unelected regimes were crushing any protests without a word of criticism from western governments, why?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b27d3aecad04b970000001Gary AndersonSun, 25 Nov 2012 15:19:06 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b27d3aecad04b970000001
Max is on the ball about most everything financial. And he is NOT a libertarian, believing that these banksters need to be regulated.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b27d12eab8ea2d56000016Gary AndersonSun, 25 Nov 2012 15:18:26 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b27d12eab8ea2d56000016
The hedge funds and Goldman Sachs types constantly push the prices of wheat up. So, now, our entire world is in jeopardy because of a few greedy American and British speculators.
Isn't it great Henry?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b2377f6bb3f78e45000027joeshumpSun, 25 Nov 2012 10:21:35 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b2377f6bb3f78e45000027
Yeah seriously, did HB just watch an episode of Max Keiser from 18 months ago?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b23333ecad04036400000arealameric4nSun, 25 Nov 2012 10:03:15 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b23333ecad04036400000a
this is so old, we all knew this a long time ago.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b2325aecad04b95d000015Neil LaneSun, 25 Nov 2012 09:59:38 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b2325aecad04b95d000015
I totally agree with the article. Egypt is the world's largest consumer of wheat per capita and it is no coincidence that this country was one of the flashpoints of the now "Arab Winter" formerly called "Arab Spring".http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b22fe7eab8eaca3100000bjohn1066Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:49:11 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50b22fe7eab8eaca3100000b
Very interesting. I don't think this would have happened if wages had kept up with food costs. Food costs really are related to people's income. It's not that food prices go up, it's that food prices go up compared to wages.